@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
Aren't you sick of the con, not quite, hold on illuminous
They're expecting so little, can't feel the miracle
The zombies licking your window
For black body radiation, oh
Love breaks the machine,
Everything's half apart what can it mean?
How can I trust my fractious heart
Knowing I have the enemy gene?
Ooh, love breaks the machine,
Everything's half a dream, how can it be?
Everything's born in shame, it's not just me,
Particle way duality
How can we ever evolve when our gods are so primitive?
They destroy the film
They want to disable my system,
Looking for traces of a clean hit
If the end of the world has ever happened this must be it
I've grown too strong, that's what they said,
To keep my animal spirit
It empties me, now I'm vacant
Love breaks the machine, everything's half apart, what can it mean?
How can I trust my fractious heart knowing I have the enemy gene?
Oh, love breaks the machine, everything's half a dream, how can it be?
Everything's born in shame, it's not just me, particle way duality
I know that we'll never survive this little victory
Love breaks the machine, everything's half apart, what can it mean?
How can I trust my fractious heart knowing I have the enemy gene?
Oh, love breaks the machine, everything's half a dream, how can it be?
Everything's born in shame, it's not just me, particle way duality
How can we ever evolve when our gods are so primitive?
They destroy our hope for peace,
Hope for love, ooh
They're expecting so little, can't feel the miracle
The zombies licking your window
For black body radiation, oh
Love breaks the machine,
Everything's half apart what can it mean?
How can I trust my fractious heart
Knowing I have the enemy gene?
Ooh, love breaks the machine,
Everything's half a dream, how can it be?
Everything's born in shame, it's not just me,
Particle way duality
How can we ever evolve when our gods are so primitive?
They destroy the film
They want to disable my system,
Looking for traces of a clean hit
If the end of the world has ever happened this must be it
I've grown too strong, that's what they said,
To keep my animal spirit
It empties me, now I'm vacant
Love breaks the machine, everything's half apart, what can it mean?
How can I trust my fractious heart knowing I have the enemy gene?
Oh, love breaks the machine, everything's half a dream, how can it be?
Everything's born in shame, it's not just me, particle way duality
I know that we'll never survive this little victory
Love breaks the machine, everything's half apart, what can it mean?
How can I trust my fractious heart knowing I have the enemy gene?
Oh, love breaks the machine, everything's half a dream, how can it be?
Everything's born in shame, it's not just me, particle way duality
How can we ever evolve when our gods are so primitive?
They destroy our hope for peace,
Hope for love, ooh
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I leave you with this quote by Steven Weinberg, “Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it, you'd have good people doing good things and evil people doing bad things, but for good people to do bad things, it takes religion.”
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